
<ul class="UIAPIPlugin-toc">
	<li><a href="#overview">Overview</a></li>
	<li><a href="#options">Arguments</a></li>
</ul>
<div class="UIAPIPlugin">
	<h1>jQuery UI Position Utility</h1>
	<div id="overview">
		<h2 class="top-header">Overview</h2>
		<div id="overview-main">
			<p>Utility script for positioning any widget relative to the
				window, document, a particular element, or the cursor/mouse.</p>
			<p>
				<em>Note: jQuery UI does not support positioning hidden
					elements.</em>
			</p>
			<p>Does not need ui.core.js or effects.core.js.</p>
		</div>
		<div id="overview-dependencies">
			<h3>Dependencies</h3>
			<ul>
				<li><i>none (only jQuery core)</i></li>
			</ul>
		</div>
		<div id="overview-example">
			<h3>Example</h3>
			<div id="overview-example" class="example">
				<ul>
					<li><a href="#demo"><span>Demo</span></a></li>
					<li><a href="#source"><span>View Source</span></a></li>
				</ul>
				<p>
				<div id="demo" class="tabs-container" rel="300">
					Clicking on the green element transfers to the other.<br />
					</p>
					<pre>
$(&quot;#position1&quot;).position({
  my: &quot;center&quot;,
  at: &quot;center&quot;,
  of: &quot;#targetElement&quot;
});
$(&quot;#position2&quot;).position({
  my: &quot;left top&quot;,
  at: &quot;left top&quot;,
  of: &quot;#targetElement&quot;
});
$(&quot;#position3&quot;).position({
  my: &quot;right center&quot;,
  at: &quot;right bottom&quot;,
  of: &quot;#targetElement&quot;
});
$(document).mousemove(function(ev){
  $(&quot;#position4&quot;).position({
    my: &quot;left bottom&quot;,
    of: ev,
    offset: &quot;3 -3&quot;,
    collision: &quot;fit&quot;
  });
});

</pre>
					<p>
				</div>
				<div id="source" class="tabs-container">
					</p>
					<pre>&lt;!DOCTYPE html&gt;
&lt;html&gt;
&lt;head&gt;
  &lt;link href=&quot;http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8/themes/base/jquery-ui.css&quot; rel=&quot;stylesheet&quot; type=&quot;text/css&quot;/&gt;
  &lt;script src=&quot;http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.5/jquery.min.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
  &lt;script src=&quot;http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8/jquery-ui.min.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
  &lt;style type=&quot;text/css&quot;&gt;
#targetElement { width:240px;height:200px;background-color:#999;margin:30px auto; }
.positionDiv { width:50px;height:50px;opacity:0.6; }
#position1 {background-color:#F00;}
#position2 {background-color:#0F0;}
#position3 {background-color:#00F;}
#position4 {background-color:#FF0;}
&lt;/style&gt;

  &lt;script&gt;
  $(document).ready(function() {
    
$(&quot;#position1&quot;).position({
  my: &quot;center&quot;,
  at: &quot;center&quot;,
  of: &quot;#targetElement&quot;
});
$(&quot;#position2&quot;).position({
  my: &quot;left top&quot;,
  at: &quot;left top&quot;,
  of: &quot;#targetElement&quot;
});
$(&quot;#position3&quot;).position({
  my: &quot;right center&quot;,
  at: &quot;right bottom&quot;,
  of: &quot;#targetElement&quot;
});
$(document).mousemove(function(ev){
  $(&quot;#position4&quot;).position({
    my: &quot;left bottom&quot;,
    of: ev,
    offset: &quot;3 -3&quot;,
    collision: &quot;fit&quot;
  });
});

  });
  &lt;/script&gt;
&lt;/head&gt;
&lt;body style="font-size:62.5%;"&gt;
  
&lt;div id=&quot;targetElement&quot;&gt;
  &lt;div class=&quot;positionDiv&quot; id=&quot;position1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  &lt;div class=&quot;positionDiv&quot; id=&quot;position2&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  &lt;div class=&quot;positionDiv&quot; id=&quot;position3&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  &lt;div class=&quot;positionDiv&quot; id=&quot;position4&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;/body&gt;
&lt;/html&gt;
</pre>
					<p>
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				</p>
				<p>
			</div>
		</div>
	</div>
	<div id="options">
		<h2 class="top-header">Arguments</h2>
		<ul class="options-list">

			<li class="option" id="option-my">
				<div class="option-header">
					<h3 class="option-name">
						<a href="#option-my">my</a>
					</h3>
					<dl>
						<dt class="option-type-label">Type:</dt>
						<dd class="option-type">String</dd>

					</dl>
				</div>
				<div class="option-description">
					<p>
						Defines which position on <b>the element being positioned</b> to
						align with the target element: "horizontal vertical" alignment. A
						single value such as "right" will default to "right center", "top"
						will default to "center top" (following CSS convention).
						Acceptable values: "top", "center", "bottom", "left", "right".
						Example: "left top" or "center center"
					</p>
				</div>
			</li>


			<li class="option" id="option-at">
				<div class="option-header">
					<h3 class="option-name">
						<a href="#option-at">at</a>
					</h3>
					<dl>
						<dt class="option-type-label">Type:</dt>
						<dd class="option-type">String</dd>

					</dl>
				</div>
				<div class="option-description">
					<p>
						Defines which position on <b>the target element</b> to align the
						positioned element against: "horizontal vertical" alignment. A
						single value such as "right" will default to "right center", "top"
						will default to "center top" (following CSS convention).
						Acceptable values: "top", "center", "bottom", "left", "right".
						Example: "left top" or "center center"
					</p>
				</div>
			</li>


			<li class="option" id="option-of">
				<div class="option-header">
					<h3 class="option-name">
						<a href="#option-of">of</a>
					</h3>
					<dl>
						<dt class="option-type-label">Type:</dt>
						<dd class="option-type">Selector, Element, jQuery, Event</dd>

					</dl>
				</div>
				<div class="option-description">
					<p>Element to position against. If you provide a selector, the
						first matching element will be used. If you provide a jQuery
						object, the first element will be used. If you provide an event
						object, the pageX and pageY properties will be used. Example:
						"#top-menu"</p>
				</div>
			</li>


			<li class="option" id="option-offset">
				<div class="option-header">
					<h3 class="option-name">
						<a href="#option-offset">offset</a>
					</h3>
					<dl>
						<dt class="option-type-label">Type:</dt>
						<dd class="option-type">String</dd>

					</dl>
				</div>
				<div class="option-description">
					<p>Add these left-top values to the calculated position, eg.
						"50 50" (left top) A single value such as "50" will apply to both.</p>
				</div>
			</li>


			<li class="option" id="option-collision">
				<div class="option-header">
					<h3 class="option-name">
						<a href="#option-collision">collision</a>
					</h3>
					<dl>
						<dt class="option-type-label">Type:</dt>
						<dd class="option-type">String</dd>

					</dl>
				</div>
				<div class="option-description">
					<p>When the positioned element overflows the window in some
						direction, move it to an alternative position. Similar to my and
						at, this accepts a single value or a pair for horizontal/vertical,
						eg. "flip", "fit", "fit flip", "fit none".</p>
					<ul>
						<li><b>flip</b>: to the opposite side and the collision
							detection is run again to see if it will fit. If it won't fit in
							either position, the center option should be used as a fall back.
						</li>
						<li><b>fit</b>: so the element keeps in the desired
							direction, but is re-positioned so it fits.</li>
						<li><b>none</b>: not do collision detection.</li>
					</ul>
					<p></p>
				</div>
			</li>


			<li class="option" id="option-using">
				<div class="option-header">
					<h3 class="option-name">
						<a href="#option-using">using</a>
					</h3>
					<dl>
						<dt class="option-type-label">Type:</dt>
						<dd class="option-type">Function</dd>

					</dl>
				</div>
				<div class="option-description">
					<p>When specified the actual property setting is delegated to
						this callback. Receives a single parameter which is a hash of top
						and left values for the position that should be set.</p>
				</div>
			</li>

		</ul>
	</div>
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